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Today my 6 week old child was administered pentaxim vaccine's first dose but I have read that this vaccine is banned by Indian govt and its efficacy reduces in few years. It's mentioned that better to administer quadravac along with polio but they are not painless. Kindly suggest.
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it has not been banned.acellular or so called painless version is not number one choice.as pantaxim has two component purtusis antigen,it is not advocated by IAP.I would prefer pentavac or quadravac and IPV
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Pentaxim is not banned by govt. Pentaxim is also a good vaccine, we prefer Pentaxim in those child where there is risk of complications because of quadravac.
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